East Syracuse, NY -- Members of CSEA and the AFL-CIO Syracuse Area Labor Federation will remember lost members and miners killed in an explosion in West Virginia as they observe Workers Memorial Day at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the CSEA Central Region office, 6595 Kirkville Road, East Syracuse.

The commemoration will include a tree-planting to create a living memorial to workers killed or injured on the job. Three CSEA members who lost their lives over the past year in work-related incidents will have their names read.

The unions also will honor the 29 miners killed in an explosion April 5 at the Upper Big Branch Mine, officials said.